Bible Cross References
wicked
Proverbs 10:26
Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.
Proverbs 26:6
If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.
Jeremiah 23:13-16
13
I have seen the sin of Samaria's prophets: they have spoken in the name of Baal and have led my people astray.
14
But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
15
"So then, this is what I, the LORD Almighty, say about the prophets of Jerusalem: I will give them bitter plants to eat and poison to drink, because they have spread ungodliness throughout the land."
16
The LORD Almighty said to the people of Jerusalem, "Do not listen to what the prophets say; they are filling you with false hopes. They tell you what they have imagined and not what I have said.
Jeremiah 23:28-16
Ezekiel 3:18
If I announce that someone evil is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, he will die, still a sinner, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
Ezekiel 33:7
"Now, mortal man, I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You must pass on to them the warnings I give you.
Ezekiel 33:8
If I announce that an evil person is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, then he will die, still a sinner, and I will hold you responsible for his death.
2 Corinthians 2:17
We are not like so many others, who handle God's message as if it were cheap merchandise; but because God has sent us, we speak with sincerity in his presence, as servants of Christ.
but
Proverbs 25:13
A reliable messenger is refreshing to the one who sends him, like cold water in the heat of harvest time.
Proverbs 25:23
Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.
1 Corinthians 4:2
The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master.
2 Corinthians 5:20
Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends!
1 Timothy 1:12
I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength for my work. I thank him for considering me worthy and appointing me to serve him,
2 Timothy 2:2
Take the teachings that you heard me proclaim in the presence of many witnesses, and entrust them to reliable people, who will be able to teach others also.